July 6, 2010
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Quiet and holy people
The cry of my heart….
“There is no pleasure comparable to not being captivated by any external thing whatever.” (Thomas Wilson, 1663-1735)
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
“It is a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy that is a thousand times better than any pleasure of our sinful life. They are despised and persecuted, but they care not. They are masters of their souls. They have overcome the world. These people are the Christians – and I am one of them.” (Saint Cyprian, 200-258)
Comments (3)
Amen! That is powerful!
Thanks so much! The Lord used this to remind me ever-so-gently that I need to re-read “Heaven Taken By Storm” by Thomas Watson. He nudged me about it twice this weekend.
Alas….book is in hand. LOL….. I’m such a procrastinator….but I dare not procrastinate about this….
Love to you….Q.’
@QMTJ - Heaven taken by Storm is a very ‘deep’ book. I love many of the old puritan reprints. My favorite is The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Burroughs.
How have you been?